aspartic acid

as·par·tic acid

A0465400 (ə-spär′tĭk)n. A nonessential amino acid, C₄H₇NO₄, found especially in young sugarcane and sugar-beet molasses.

[From asparagus (from its being obtained from asparagine).]

aspartic acid

(əˈspɑːtɪk) n (Biochemistry) a nonessential amino acid that is a component of proteins and acts as a neurotransmitter[C19: from aspar(agus) + -ic]

as•par′tic ac′id

(əˈspɑr tɪk)
n. a nonessential amino acid, C₄H₇NO₄, abundant in molasses. Abbr.: Asp; Symbol: D (aspar (agus) + -tic]

as·par·tic acid

(ə-spär′tĭk) A nonessential amino acid. See more at amino acid.

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Noun

aspartic acid - a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and occurring naturally in sugar beets and sugar caneamino acid, aminoalkanoic acid - organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids"

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aspartic acid

(əspär`tĭk), organic compound, one of the 20 amino acidsamino acid
, any one of a class of simple organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and in certain cases sulfur. These compounds are the building blocks of proteins.
..... Click the link for more information. commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l-stereoisomer participates in the biosynthesis of proteins. Its acidic side chain adds a negative charge and hence a greater degree of water-solubility to proteins in neutral solution and has been shown to be near the active sites of some enzymes (see pepsinpepsin,
enzyme produced in the mucosal lining of the stomach that acts to degrade protein. Pepsin is one of three principal protein-degrading, or proteolytic, enzymes in the digestive system, the other two being chymotrypsin and trypsin.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Aspartic acid is not essential to the human diet. It was discovered in protein in 1868.

aspartic acid

[ə′spärd·ik ′as·əd] (biochemistry) C₄H₇NO₄ A nonessential, crystalline dicarboxylic amino acid found in plants and animals, especially in molasses from young sugarcane and sugarbeet.

aspartic acid

[ah-spahr´tik] a dibasic amino acid, one of the nonessential amino acids, widely distributed in proteins and found as an excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system.

as·par·tic ac·id (Asp),

(as-par'tik as'id), The l-isomer is one of the amino acids occurring naturally in proteins. The d-isomer is found in cell walls of many bacteria.

aspartic acid

(ə-spär′tĭk)n. A nonessential amino acid, C₄H₇NO₄, found especially in young sugarcane and sugar-beet molasses.

as·par·tic ac·id

(Asp) (as-pahr'tik as'id) The l-isomer is one of the amino acids occurring in proteins.
Synonym(s): alpha (α)-aminosuccinic acid.

aspartic acid

An AMINO ACID which the body can synthesise. It is found in sugar cane and sugar beet and in asparagus.

Fig. 53 Aspartic acid . Molecular structure.

aspartic acid or aspartate (D, Asp)

one of 20 AMINO ACIDS common in proteins. It has an extra carboxyl group and is therefore acidic in solution. The ISOELECTRIC POINT of aspartic acid is 2.8.

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noun a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and occurring naturally in sugar beets and sugar cane

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